
ETC ETF Snapshot: Normal services resumed, but with possibility of disruptions
June saw US$23.9bn in net new assets, with flows more evenly distributed between risk assets and defensive positions.
Exchange-traded funds and commodities are a hotbed of innovation and an exciting way for investors to access capital markets. Read our insights on the latest news and developments in this fast moving area.
June saw US$23.9bn in net new assets, with flows more evenly distributed between risk assets and defensive positions.
Find out what objectives a systematic active approach might aim to achieve and how an equity ETF using this strategy fits in between pure passive and traditional active management.
Why has the Nasdaq-100 historically outperformed over the past 15 years? Read the latest on this innovative index.
April's fixed income markets saw mixed performance and volatility. Read our latest thoughts on how fixed income markets fared during the month and what we think you should be looking out for in the near term.
Five key factors suggest cryptocurrencies may continue their 2024 momentum and see positive performance in 2025.
While most standard equity benchmarks weight their constituents according to market capitalisation, an equal-weighted approach can sometimes make more sense. Discover more about equal-weight and how to gain broad equity exposure without the concentration risk.
US equity markets were boosted in Q4 by enthusiasm around Trump’s election victory, although enthusiasm was tempered in December by the Fed’s cautious approach to future interest rate cuts. Read our quarterly US equities update to find out more.
The European ETF market had a record year, bringing the industry’s total assets under management to US$2.3 trillion at the end of 2024. Find out more in our latest European ETF Demand Monitor.
Discover the potential of equal weight strategies and how they could offer enhanced diversification.
ETFs replicate benchmark indices in different ways: physically, and synthetically – also known as a swap-based approach. Find out how a swap-based ETF works.
The most popular way most investors gain exposure to commodities is through exchange-traded products. You can gain exposure to a single commodity’s price via an exchange-traded commodity (ETC) or to a basket of commodities, such as those represented by the BCOM Index, via an ETF.
Any debate over whether physical or synthetic replication is the best way to track an index has been all but laid to rest, with both methods now appreciated for their potential benefits. Discover more.
The reason many people invest is to grow their money, so they’ll have enough in the future to spend on some financial goal they have. But how do you do this? Find out more.
While core holdings in conventional government and corporate bonds continue to be important elements of a diversified portfolio, many ETF investors are now also using different segments of fixed income to achieve other objectives.
With more than $155 billion of net new assets gathered during the first 10 months of 2021, the exchange-traded fund (ETF) market in Europe is on track for its most successful year in history.